Improvement in sleigh-bells



ANN HARRISON.

Sleigh-Bells.

Patented Fe'b. 10.1874..

No.l47,259.

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manmnm wmmmm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANN HARRISON, OF EAST HAMPTON, CONNECTICUT.

|MPRovEMEN1'IN'sLEleH-BELLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,259, dated February 10, 1874; application led February 20, 187 3.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANN HARRIsoN, of East Hampton, in the county of Middlesex, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in- Sleigh-Bells; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construetion thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a section of the strap, bell, slitted rivet-key, and the ginglet. The bell is fastened to the strap. Fig. 2 is a section of the strap, slittcd rivet-key, and the bell, in the position of being put together. Fig. 3 is a front view of shank of the bell, showing the oval-shaped hole in the center. Fig. 4L is a front view of the widest side of the slittcd rivet-key, showing the slit. Fig. 5 is a front 1view of the narrow side of the slittedrivet- To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Letter a, Fig. l, represents the strap; letter B, the bell; letter C, the slittcd rivet-key that fastens the bell to the strap. Letter a, Fig. 2, represents the strap; letter C, the slittcd rivetkey letter B, the bell, not fastened tothe strap. Letter D, Fig. 3, is the hole in the center of the shank of the bell. Letter E, Fig. 4, shows the slit in the rivet-key. The bell is made with a hole in the center of the shank, of any desired shape, excepting round. A slittcd rivet-key is then made of form to correspond with the hole in the bell, and put into the strap, as shown in Fig. 2, letter C. The bell is then put over the rivet-key, and pressed down flush with thc strap a. A V-shaped tool is then put through the opening of the bell, and into the slit in the rivet-kcy,'and a light blow with a hammer on the tool drives it down the slit, and opens or spreads the prongs of the slittcd rivet-key, as shown in Fig. 1, letter C. The bell is then made fast to the strap.

In fastening small bells to the str. -p it is not necessary to make the slit in the rivet-key before the bell is put on. If a V-shaped tool is used, as above described, a sharp blow given to it by the hammer will cut and open the slit at the same time, and sufficient] y to keep the bell fast to the strap.

It will be observed that the hole in the shank of the bell, as shown in Fig. 3 and letter D, is

oval in shape, and the slit-ted rivet-key is made Y to correspond with it. This is done to prevent the bell from turning round or changing its position on the strap. It is obvious to any one that a square or oblong hole in the bellshank, and a corresponding rivet-key, fastened in the manner described, will produce the same effect.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A sleigh-bell with an oblong hole in the bot tom, running at right angles with the opening in the top, in combination with a slittcd key of oblong cross-section, the end of which is .opened after it is put through the strap and the bell, substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

ANN HARRISON.

NVitnesscs J AMEs HARRISON,

C. P. HARRISON. 

